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l'.  S.  DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRICULTURE, 

BUREAl     OF   PLANT   INDUSTRY— Circular  No.  37. 
1'..  T.  GALLOWAY,  Chief  of  Bureau. 


COMPARATIVE  TESTS  OF  SUGAR-BEET 

VARIETIES. 


.1.  K.  \Y.  TRACY, 

A.SSIS1  wi  Superintendent  of  Testing  Gardi  ns, 

vssis 

JOSEPH  V.   REED, 

Assist  w  i  tx  Sug  vr-Beet  Investigations. 


WASHINGTON  :  GOVERNMENT  PRINTING  OFFICE  :  1908 


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DEPOSITORY 

BUREAU  OF  PLANT  INDUSTRY. 


'  B    reau,  Beverly  T.  Galloway. 

A  ■■      i  a   B  treat  .  \i. heist  F.  \\  i  «  ids. 

Editor.  J.  E.  Rockwell. 
'  '       Clerk,  James  E.  Joni  s. 
(Cir.  37] 
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is.  P.  I      189 


COMPARATIVE  TESTS  OF  SUGAR-BEET 
VARIETIES. 


INTRODUCTION. 

The  tests  ami  trials  recorded  in  this  circular  have  been  carried  on 
for  a  term  « » f  five  years  in  cooperation  with  the  New  York  Agricul- 
tural Experiment  Station,  Geneva,  X.  Y..  the  Experimenl  Station  of 
the  Michigan  State  Agricultural  College,  East  Lansing,  Mich.,  the 
Agricultural  Experimenl  Station,  Logan,  I  tali,  and  private  indi- 
viduals under  the  supervision  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  at 
Holland,  Mich.,  and  Fairfield,  Wash.  The  Agricultural  Experimenl 
Station  ;ii  Fori  Collins,  Colo.,  and  the  Eastern  Oregon  Agricultural 
Experimenl  Stat  ion  at  Union, Oreg.,  also  cooperated  with  the  Depart- 
ment for  three  years.  Many  of  the  various  beet-sugar  factories 
throughout  the  United  States  have  assisted  materially  in  the  work. 

IMPORTANCE  OF  COMPARATIVE  TESTS  OF  SUGAR-BEET 
VARIETIES. 

Although  the  import  a  nee  of  quality  of  seed  is  quite  generally  appre- 
ciated, it  is  often  difficult,  if  not  impossible,  for  one  not  personally 
acquainted  with  the  growers  to  judge  wisely  as  to  the  true  merits  of 
•  I  before  purchasing.  Reports  regarding  tests  of  seed  often  convej 
a  false  or  misleading  impression.  This  arises  from  a  number  of  causes, 
a  \ci\  common  one  being  thai  the  peculiar  climatic  and  soil  condi- 
tion- prevailing  during  the  year  the  tests  were  conducted  were  espe- 
cially advantageous  to  certain  varieties  and  injurious  to  others.  Tin- 
fact  might  not  he  apparent  during  a  single  year'-  work,  although  it 
nia\   have  been  a  mosl  important  factor  in  determining  the  relative 

■  a  aumbi  re  there  has  been  considerable  discussion  among  sugar-beel 

growers  ami  others  interested  in  the  beet  sugar  industrj   regarding  die  comparative 

values  of  the  different  varietii  I I      Five  years  ago  thi    Bureauunder- 

took  some  carefully  planned  experiments  for  the  purpose  "i  deten ing  the  relative 

merits  of  the  leading  varieties  used  1>\  two  <>r  more  factories  in  this  country.     Tl 
tests  have  been  carried  on  under  different  Boil  and  climatic  conditions  during  the 
]>rri"<l  thai  the  work  ha-  been  in  ind  the  results  of  these  ;  mbodied 

in  1 1  og  set  forth  in  tables  a-  well  as  by  means  of  charts.     These  results 

will  undoubtedly  !><•  of  interest  an. I  value  to  the  beet-eugar  companies,  as  well  as  to 
the  su  era      B.  1    Galloway,  ( 'hiej  i 

■   37]  3 


4  COMPARATIVE    TESTS    OF    SUGAR-BEET   VARIETIES. 

results  for  a  series  of  years.  Influences  of  local  climate  and  soil 
should  not  be  ignored;  in  fact,  they  can  be  used  to  great  advantage, 
although  to  comment  wisely  upon  the  quality  of  varieties  it  is  neces- 
sary to  eliminate  as  far  as  possible  any  temporary  adverse  conditions 
which  a  given  variety  may  have  encountered.  The  greater  the  num- 
ber of  comparative  tests  made  under  various  soil  and  climatic  condi- 
tions the  more  the  objectionable  elements  of  chance  are  eliminated, 
and  just  so  much  more  by  continuing  the  tests  through  a  number  of 
years.  Permanent  soil  and  climatic  conditions  should  lie  considered 
as  bearing  certain  relations  to  the  crop,  and  the  effect  of  such  influ- 
ences should  be  recorded.  A  variety  which  has  been  developed  under 
certain  local  conditions  would  probably  be  much  better  suited  for  use 
in  sections  having  similar  soil  and  climatic  conditions  than  in  sections 
widely  different  in  this  respect  from  that  where  the  seed  was  pro- 
duced. These  experiments  were  conducted  for  a  term  of  five  years 
in  localities  representative  of  the  various  beet-growing  sections  of  the 
United  States. 

METHODS  OF  CONDUCTING  THE  TESTS. 

The  tests  at  the  various  stations  were  uniformly  conducted  with 
the  idea  of  determining  the  ability  of  each  strain  or  variety  to  produce 
a  paying  crop  under  varying  local  conditions. 

The  plots  were  made  as  large  as  feasible,  in  most  cases  being  one- 
fourth  to  one-half  of  an  acre,  although  under  irrigation  at  one  station 
they  were  but  one-twentieth  of  an  acre.  All  plots  were  planted 
and  treated  as  a  farm  crop,  no  care  being  taken  to  produce  extra  yield 
or  high  sugar  content  that  could  not  be  secured  in  a  general  crop. 

Fields  uniform  in  soil  and  physical  condition  were  chosen  for  the 
tests,  and  the  tables  are  made  up  of  the  actual  results  secured,  except 
that  in  a  few  instances,  where  peculiar  conditions  of  soil  or  drainage 
appeared  or  varieties  were  washed  out  by  rain  or  injured  by  local 
conditions,  the  results  have  been  eliminated,  no  attempt  having  been 
made  to  correct  the  figures  on  account  of  such  exceptional  local  con- 
ditions. It  is  possible  that  if  these  eliminations  had  not  been  made 
it  would  have  changed  the  relative  positions  of  the  varieties.  As  a 
suggestion  to  those  who  care  to  study  the  matter  further,  die  mean 
position  of  the  varieties  in  question  a1  a  particular  station  during  the 
remaining  years'  experiments  can  he  used  for  the  computation  of  a 
possible  result . 

At  each  si  at  ion  the  plant  ing  of  all  plots  was  done  on  the  same  day 
and  in  t  he  same  manner. 

The  care,  including  the  blocking,  thinning,  cultivating,  and  general 
attention,  of  each  plot  and  the  harvesting,  topping,  and  weighing  of 
the  roots  fr  )in  each  plot  were  practically  the  same. 
[Cir.   37] 


iMPARA  I  [V]  li     VARIETIJ  S. 

The  testing  at  each  station  was  done  under  similar  conditions  and 
in  the  same  manner,  the  samples  used  being  uniformh  taken  of  -ill 
roots  ;-  grown  in  the  row,  a  like  number  being  taken  of  each  sort. 

The  standard  of  measurement  used  lias  been  the  gross  amount  of 
BUgar  produced  to  the  acre,  as  represented  by  the  yield  of  roots  multi- 
plied by  the  sugar  content  (sugar  in  beel  I.  Separate  tables  showing 
the  comparaf  ive  \  ields  of  roots  and  of  sugar  have  not  been  included, 
although  the  figures  are  given.  The  purity  of  the  roots  was  not 
taken  into  considerai  ion. 

METHODS  OF   SECURING  THE   SEED  USED. 

The  Depart meiit  of  Agriculture  receives  numerous  requests  from 
suear-beei  growers  to  test  seed  grown  by  themselves  and  has  been 
offered  large  quantities  for  this  purpose.  In  the  preliminary  work  of 
these  experiments  it  was  found  that  such  samples  were  often  much 
superior  to  the  samples  of  the  same  variety  secured  in  the  open 
market,  and  n  was  therefore  decided  to  purchase  all  seed  in  commer- 
cial lots  in  the  original  sacks  as  senl  oul  by  the  seed  growers.  The 
Beed  tested,  therefore,  was  purchased  from  factories  using  it  for  com- 
mercial purposes  and  nol  From  the  growers  themselves,  the  only 
exceptions  throughout  the  entire  series  of  experiments  being  thai 
obtained  from  J.  IS.  Ajmw,  C.  C.  Morse  &  Co.,  and  E.  11.  Morrison, 
which  was  purchased  in  L,000-pound  lots  direct  from  these  growers. 
The  varieties  determined  upon  were  -ill  those  which  to  the  Depart- 
ment's knowledge  were  used  h\  two  or  more  beet-sugar  factories  in 
t  he  United  States. 

VARIETIES    OF    SEED    USED    AND    GROWERS    PRODUCING    THEM. 

Nan  i  ted 

ignai  ion  used  in 

tables  and  charts. 

Klein  Wanzleben ...  Morrison. 

Grown  bj   E.  II.  Morrison,  ['"airfield,  Wash. 

Klein  Wanzleben Original. 

Gi  'V.n  bj    Klein  Wanzleben  Sugar  Factory,   Klein  Wanzleben, 
( rermany. 

Klein  Wanzleben .Breustedt. 

Grown  bj  Otto  Breustedt,  Schladen  a  Harz,  Germany. 

Klein  Wanzleben .  .  Mette. 

Grown  bj   Henrj  Mette,  Quedlinburg,  Germany. 

Schreiber  Specialitael .Schreiber. 

An  by  <1.  Schreiber  A:  Son,  Nordhausen,  Germany. 

Klein  Wanzleben Uraune. 

i  dun  ii  bj  '     I  Iraune,  Bembur  j,  Gei  many. 

Klein  Wanzleben Heine. 

( rrown  b  ■  n.  <  iermanj 

Klein  Wanzleben t'tah. 

G  by  1  tah  Sugar  Company,  Lehi,  Utah. 

[Clr.  37] 


b  COMPARATIVE    TESTS    OF    SUGAR-BEET    VARIETIES. 

Xame  or  abbreviated 
designation  used  in 
tables  and  chads. 

Klein  Wanzleben Hoerning. 

Grown  by  Otto  Hoerning,  Eisleben,  Germany. 
Jaensch  Victrix Jaensch. 

Grown  by  Gustav  Jaensch  &  Co.,  Aschersleben,  Germany. 
Klein  Wanzleben Dippe. 

Grown  by  Dippe  Brothers,  Quedlinburg,  Germany. 
Klein  Wanzleben Kuhn. 

Grown  by  Kuhn  &  Co.,  Naarden,  Holland. 
Knauers'  Mangold Knauers. 

Grown  by  M.  Knauers  &  Son,  Grobers,  Germany. 
Klein  Wanzleben Agnew. 

Grown  by  J.  B.  Agnew,  Agnew.  Cal. 
Klein  Wanzleben Nebraska. 

Grown  by  American  Beet  Sugar  Company,  Grand  Island.  Nebr. 
Klein  Wanzleben Idaho. 

Grown  by  Idaho  Sugar  Company,  Sugar  City,  Idaho. 

Old  Type Old  Type. 

Grown  by  Klein  Wanzleben  Sugar  Factory,  Klein  Wanzleben, 
Germany. 

Pioneer Pioneer. 

Grown  by  Klein  Wanzleben  Sugar  Factory,  Klein  Wanzleben, 
Germany. 

Klein  Wanzleben Mi  use 

Grown  by  C.  C.  Morse  &  Co.,  Gilroy,  Cal. 

Klein  Wanzleben Strandes. 

Grown  by  Ado]  ph  Strandes,  Anhalt,  Germany. 

Zuckerreichet Zuckerreichel . 

Grown  by  Wohanka  &  Co.,  Prague,  Bohemia,  Austria. 

Klein  Wanzleben Wohanka. 

Grown  by  Wohanka  &  Co.,  Prague  Bohemia,  Austria. 
Aderstedt  (peeled  and  disinfected! ^.derstedt. 

Grown  by  Zuckeschwerdt  A-  Beurhel,  Madgebunr,  Germany. 
Behren  Klein  Wanzleben Behren. 

Grown  by  Zuckeschwerdt  &  Beuchel,  Madgeburg,  Germany. 

RESULTS  OF  THE  TESTS. 

It  was  found  that  if  alphabetically  stated  there  would  be  such  a  . 
wide  variation  in  the  diagrams  (figs.  1  and  2)  that  their  object,  the 
graphic  presentation  of  facts,  would  be  lost;  therefore,  the  order 
shown  in-Table  1,  giving  the  yield  of  sugar  per  acre  at  all  stations 
for  the  entire  period,  was  used.  The  variety  showing  the  highest 
sugar  content  for  the  entire  period  was  therefore  given  first  place 
throughout  the  entire  report;  the  variety  showing  the  next  highest 
sugar  yield  was  given  the  second  place,  etc.  Varieties  not  appearing 
in  Table  1  follow  alphabetically  according  to  growers. 

[Cir.  37] 


COMPARATIVE  TESTS  OF   S  I  II. s. 


The  Departmenl  of  Agriculture  does  not  wish  to  be  understood  as 
stating  thai  the  actual  value  of  the  varieties  is  in  the  order  given  in 
this  report,  as  there  arc  many  conditions  and  reasons  \\li\  a  variety 
farther  down  on  the  lis!  may  be  superior  for  use  in  certain  sections 
and   under  certain  conditions.     The  figures  presenter]  in  the  tables 


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VARIETY 
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h  will  \>r  noted  thai  several  varieties  which  were  tested  from 
one  to  three  years  have  not  been  included  in  Tables  1 .  1 1.  1 1 1 .  and  I  \  oi 
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[Clr.   37] 


COMPARATIVE   TESTS   OF   SUGAR-BEET   VARIETIES. 


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in  all  the  tables  their  position  would  sometimes  rank  among  the  best, 
although  during  those  years  when  they  were  tested  they  were  well 
down  on  the  list.  This  arose  from  the  fact  that  they  were  only 
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The  gr'eatesl  amount  of  sugar  obtained  in  1904  and  1905  was  4,094 
pounds,  and  the  average  3,477  pounds,  while  during  the  two  good 
years  of  1906  and  1907  the  highest  sugar  obtained  was  5,729  pounds, 
and  the  average  was  4,947  pounds;  thus,  the  highest  sugar  recorded 
during  1904  and  1905  was  not  only  1,635  pounds  below  the  highest 
obtained  in  1906  and  1907,  but  853  pounds  below  the  average  obtained 
during  these  two  years. 

Kir.   37] 


i  PARA  I  l\  I      i  I  -  i  .-    "I     SUG  \i.   B]  i  1    \  ARIETIES. 


9 


The  results  obtained  in  this  series  of  tests  have  been  recorded  and 
tabulated  as  Follows : 

■  I  The  relative  performance  of  varieties  by  stations  for  the  entire  period.  Table 
1  and  figure  i 

rhe  relative  performance  of  varieties  b)  years  for  the  entire  period.  Table  I 
and    '   an 

rhe  relative  standing  of  varieties  b)    years  and  stations  for  the  entire  period. 

T;.  1.1.       i  1X1 

relative  performance  of   varieties  for  the  entire  period  al   each  station. 
Table  II  and  figure  I. 

rhe  relative  performance  of  varieties  al  all  stations  for  each  year.  Table  III 
and  figure  2. 

rhe  yearly  performance  of  varieties  al  each  station.     Tables  IV  to  \.  inclusive. 
The  yearly  standing  of  varieties  at  each  station.     Table  XII 

A  .■.■ireful  study  of  the  data  will  show  thai  each  table  brings  out 
certain  facts  no1  shown  in  the'  others. 

T  v  i .  i  i    I      /.'/  lat 


Arranged  by  stations. 


Arranged  by  years. 


i  '■  ■  Ion  of  variety 

ted, 


Roots. 


Morrison . 

" 

Schreiber. 

Braune... 

Utah.... 
Boerning. 
Jaenscb . 
Dtppe. 

Kuhn   - 
Knauers. . 


Tom  i»r 

14  25 
14.39 
14.49 
14.10 
14.53 
13  95 
13.95 

13.57 

13.01 
12.  40 


tnd- 
Sugar. 

tested. 


16.60 

17. 30 

- 

16  80 
16.99 
15.  05 


Pounds 
1,881 

1,711 

4,571 
4.  190 
3,721 


Tons  per 

Pounds 

1 

14.25 

1 

2 

13.  15 

2 

3 

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16  :: 

1.214 

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4.101 

9 

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12,  72 

4,147 

7 

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8 

10 

12.  42 

12 

11 

12,  52 

10 

12 

11 

13 

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M  64 

13 

Tabli    1 1      Standing  o/sugar-b  sted  at  each  dud  all  stations. 


i  i  itlon  of  variety 


Morrison . . 
Original. . 

I 
Heine 

1 

Jaenscb . . 
Knlin 


Colorado,  Fori  Collins  (tested  three 


Tons  per 
acre. 

22.  13 

IS.  20 
21.03 

18.  53 

19.90 

22   17 

16  40 


Ing  at 


16.90 

17.  10 
17.  12 
17.  10 
16.23 

1 7.  20 
16.78 
15.90 
16.50 
17.90 


pt  r  lien . 
7,532 
6,616 

...  149 

■ 


1  four 


Roots. 


Sugar. 


! 
tier: . 
12.  16 
12.  19 

11.  in 
13.26 
12.08 

11.41 


17.02 
17.  11 

16.62 

17.  is 
17.33 


Pounds 

pt  r  (ten . 

1,044 

4,261 

4,121 

I.  191 


Stand- 
ing at 


I 


10  COMPARATIVE   TESTS   OF   SUGAR-BEET   VARIETIES. 

Table  II-  Standing  of  sugar-beet  varieties  tested  at  each  and  all  stations—  Continued. 


Designati:n  ::f  varietf 
tested. 


Morrison . 
Original. . 
Breustedt 

Mette 

Schreiber 
Braune . . 

Heine 

Utah 

Hoerning. 
Jaensch . . 

Dippe 

Kuhn 

Knauers. . 


Michigan.  Holland  (tested  five  years).     New  York,  Geneva  (tested  five  years). 


Roots. 


Tons  per 
acre. 
8.78 
7. 92 
8.70 
8.45 
8.11 
8.43 
8.06 
6.83 
9.57 
8.53 
7.78 
8.21 
9.17 


Sugar. 


v  cent. 

14.36 

14.98 

14.06 

13.62 

14.78 

14.48 

14.40 

14.40 

14.36 

14.3d 

15.02 

1 4.  58 

L2  58 

Pounds 
per  acre. 
2,517 
2,371 
2,394 
2, 286 
2,393 
2,407 
2,311 
1,930 
2,736 
_>,  136 
2,345 
2,410 
2,336 


Stand- 
ing at      Roots, 
station. 


Tons  per 
acre. 
17.97 
15.17 
15.95 
14.40 
15.  06 
15.36 
14.00 
14.50 
14.32 
14.76 
15.23 
1 4.  38 
15.50 


Sugar. 


Per  ri  ill. 
15.36 
15.68 
11.71 
1 1.  93 
15.21 
14.97 
15.  50 
15.54 
14.47 
14.70 
i:,  51 
15  13 
13.41 


Pounds 

p<r  acre. 

5,525 

1,763 
4.  723 

1,295 
4,573 
4,584 
4,312 
4,487 
4,124 
4,339 
4.716 
4,354 
4,209 


Stand- 
ing at 

station. 


1 

2 
3 

11 
6 
5 

10 
7 

13 
9 
4 


Oregon,  Union  (tested  three  years). 


Utah.  Logan  (tested  four  years). 


Designat  ion  of  variety 
tested. 


Roots. 


Sugar. 


Stand- 
ing a1       Roots. 
station 


Sugar. 


Morrison . 
Original. . 
Breustedt 

Mette 

Schreiber 
Braune. . 

Heine 

Utah.... 
Hoerning. 
Jaensch . . 

Dippe 

Kuhn 

Knauers. 


Tons  per 
acre. 
18.04 
16.55 
15.97 
16.60 
15.  77 
16.95 
16.07 
16.72 
16.46 
16.89 
16.02 
14.  07 
18.10 


Per  iv  nt. 

17.21) 
18.46 
17.54 
17.04 
17.20 
16.48 
17.1)1 
17.01 
16.  39 
16.49 

lh    M, 

18.37 
15.  58 


Pounds 

jh  r  an, 

6,314 

1 

5,999 

2 

5,504 

10 

5, 608 

«6 

5,447 

11 

5,721 

1 

5.525 

9 

5,608 

a6 

5,413 

12 

5,735 

3 

5,530 

8 

4.975 

13 

5,640 

5 

Tons  per 
acre. 
23.08 
22.65 
23.73 
23.94 
21.55 
24.06 
23.  56 

22.  79 

23.  1" 
21.15 
22.55 
21.44 
14.61 


Per  a  nt. 
15.  58 
17.33 
16.22 

15.  55 
16.24 
15.85 
16.42 

16.  .50 

15.  30 
16.45 
15.63 

16.  60 
L6.08 


Pounds 
per  acre. 
7,138 
7,780 
7.  735 
7,460 
6,972 
7,567 

7.690 

7,466 
7,063 
6,990 
6,981 

7,097 
1,699 


Stand- 
ing at 
station. 


4 
6 

9 
10 
11 

8 
13 


Designation  oi  variety 

tested. 


Morrison. 
Original. . 
Breustedt 

Mette 

Schreiber 
Braune. . . 

Heine 

Utah 

Hoerning. 
Jaensch . . 
Dippe. . . . 

Kuhn 

Knauers. . 


Washington,  Fairfield  (tested  five 
years). 


Roots. 


Tons  per 

acre. 

I'll    Cl   III. 

6. 06 

19.81 

5.  92 

19  st; 

5. 93 

18.99 

5  90 

19  22 

5.71 

20.14 

5.30 

18. 59 

5.11 

19.86 

5  sv 

19.  12 

5.92 

18.98 

5.84 

IS.SS 

5.58 

19.78 

5.66 

19.  49 

5.63 

17.65 

Sugar. 


Pull  lids 

per  acre. 
2,412 
2,378 
2,251 
2,268 
2,308 
1.966 

2,035 

2,249 
2,  24S 
2,200 
2,223 
2,232 
1,987 


Stand- 
ing at 
station. 


Average  of  all  tests. 


Roots. 


Sugar. 


Tons  per 
acre. 
15.  46 
14.25 
14.39 
14.49 
14.  10 
14.53 
13.  9.5 
13.  95 
14.53 
13.85 
13.  57 
13.01 
12.  40 


1'ir  a  nl. 
16  60 
17.36 
16  54 
16.28 
16.83 
L6.22 
16.85 

: 

16.08 
16.38 
16.80 
16.99 
15.05 


Pounds 
pier  acre. 
5,069 
4,881 
1,711 
1,679 
1,665 
1,657 
4,642 
4,603 
4,571 
1,498 
4,  490 
4,364 
3.721 


Average 
stand- 
ing at 
station, 


a  The  Mette  and  the  Utah  varieties  have  the  same  relative  standing  at  Union,  Oreg. 
[fir.    37] 


COMPARATIV]      rjESTS  OF  SUGAR-BEEM     \  \i;n   I  U.S.  1  1 

Tabi  i    III.     Standing  of  sugar-beet  varieties  tested  at  nil  stations  for  each  and  all 


1904. 

1905. 

i  of  variety 
te  ted. 

/ 

ucn . 
12  80 
11.01 
11.31 
11.48 
11.80 
11.87 

10  ll 
in  92 

g  ,. 

> 
hi  ll 

■ 

• 
in  83 

Sugar. 

inj;  ."or 

1 
3 

9 

in 

! 

7 
11 
12 
5 
8 
13 

Ton*  per 
acre. 
11.90 

12.  32 
11.39 
10.98 
12.  16 
12  02 

11.  17 
11.88 
10.  79 
11  75 

• 

11  26 

12.  42 

;  ':ir. 

int;  for 

I'tr  cent. 
ll.  u 

16.  13 

15  73 

16  s7 

17  16 

15  58 
- 

16  82 

16.  7s 
15.  13 

Pounds 
pir  acre. 

3,  479 

- 
3,661 
■ 
3,547 

3,727 
3,706 
3,572 

1 

I'tr  ant. 

I  I  69 

14.34 

14.  46 
16  06 
14.03 

II  85 
1 1  72 

14.70 

15.  40 
15  08 

1  !   (IV 

14.61 

0 

Pounds 
pir  acre. 

3,  i-'. 

3,530 

3,267 
3,503 
3,507 
3,504 
3,325 
3,323 
3,183 

3,270 
3,379 

7 

ll 



Schrell  ei                 

Braune 

Heine  

3 

2 

12 

0 
4 
5 
9 

111 



Kuhn             

Knauers 



13 

1 

11 
B 

edl               

14.66 

3,683 

vane  ;  j 

tested. 


Roots. 


Tons  ptr 
acn. 

Morrison 16.  16 

ordinal 

Breustedl 15.49 

Mette 



Braune 

Heine  

Utah 14.84 

Hoeming 16.  45 

raensch        

Dlppe 14.01 

Kuhn 13.91 

Knauers  10.66 

Idaho  

Wohanka i  i  60 


190 

Stand- 

Sugar. 

Ing  for 

Rool 

:ir. 

ing  for 

Tons  per 

Pounds 

year. 

Pounds 

l'it  cent. 

per  acre. 

ucrt. 

per  acre. 

5,378 

1 

16.81 

17    in 

1 

■> 

17.74 

5,386 

4 

4,983 

0 

17  37 

■» 

4,987 

4 

14.99 

17.07 

5.  177 

6 

1,  38  1 

6 

13.32 

17.39 

1,643 

12 

15.77 

1,670 

(l 

15.37 

17.55 

.'i 

16.53 

4,874 

* 

11 

in 

15.01 

17  32 

5,225 

,-, 

5,01.5 

3 

15  12 

17   11 

.5.  139 

7 

16.51 

4,756 

8 

15.  13 

8 

16.  46 

4,510 

11 

14   1.5 

17.  16 

1,  767 

10 

16.  :i7 

12 

13  10 

17  77 

4,790 

9 

15  02 

■ 

13 

ll  65 

16 

3,542 

13 

16.  -Is 

4,538 

1.5.  36 

17.  1.5 

5,  169 

15.95 

• 

Desi.  iriety 

ted. 


e  '«r  all  years. 


Id 
Schrelber 

Heine 

i  irppe 
Kuhn 

I    1  ,'!!., 

Behren 
Old  i 

Zuckerrelchel 
Pioneer 

Wohanka 


Aver- 

Sugar. 

stand- 

ing 

Pounds 

per  ncrt . 

1 

17.00 

•1,  429 

J 

3 

('> 

16  77 

.5 

4,243 

4 

4,101 

9 

1,147 

7 

1.5  79 

4,128 

8 

16.  13 

1 

12 

in 

16  66 

11 

14  64 

3,254 

13 

12 


i-uMPARATIVE    TESTS    OF    SUGAR-BEET   VARIETIES. 


Table  IV.  —Standing  of  sugar-bet  t  varit  ties  U  stedai  the  Agricultural  Experimt  nt  station, 
Fort  Collins,  Colo.,  for  each  and allyears. 


1906. 

1907 

Designation  oi  variel 
tested 

Roots. 

Sugar. 

Stand- 
ing for 

year. 

Roots. 

Sugar. 

Stand- 
ing for 
j-ear. 

Morrison 

Original 

Breustedt 

Mette 

Sehreiber 

acrt . 
26.80 

is.  7M 
20.00 

23  50 

19.60 
21.50 
18.70 

I\  t  Ct  ill . 
17.50 

IS.  10 

16.80 

17.  10 
16.20 
15.40 
17.20 

Pounds 

per  ncri  . 
o,:isi> 
6,769 
7,022 
8,037 
6,350 
6,622 
6,  133 

1 
6 
5 
3 

10 

7 
8 

Tons  per 
acrt 

21.50 
20.40 
17. 60 
21.90 
20.40 
19.50 

Per  ct  .ii - 

17  60 
17  60 
19.90 
is.  .'O 
17  60 
18.50 

Pounds 

7,568 
7,181 
7,005 

7.072 
7,181 

7..'!7, 

4 

"7 
9 
2 

1 7 

6 

i  i  ,i, 

22. 10 
22.70 

18.30 

17.20 

8,089 
7,809 

1 

26.  70 
L8    10 

16.  4(1 
18.  50 

1 5.  71  l 
L6  50 

17.90 
17.30 

-    1 
6,072 
5,871 
6,  101 

2 
11 

12 
9 

3 

[Cuhn 

15.50 
21.40 
19.00 

18.70 
'17.30 
16.  30 

5,797 
7,404 
6,194 

11 

Wohanka 

21.00 

17.  10 

7,182 

4 

10 

1908. 

Average  for  all  yean 

l  »e  ignation  ol  variety 

e  ted. 

Roots. 

Sugar. 

Stand- 
ing for 
year. 

Num- 

yeerar°sf  ,    Boo* 
tested. 

Sugar. 

Tons  per 

acre. 

is.  10 

IS    00 

16.  10 

17.70 

17.  so 
17.60 

r,  r  ci  hi  - 

15  60 
15.60 
l  (.65 
16.00 
14.90 
[5.65 

I'm, , nls 

per  acrt 
5,6  7 
5,897 

1,717 
5,664 
5,304 
5,509 

4 
2 
13 

3 

8 
ii 

Tons  pt  r 
acre. 
3           22.  13 

16  80 

Pounds 
7,532 

3 
3 

3 
3 

3 

1 

•» 

3 
1 
1 

3 

19.  33          17. 10 
18.20            17.12 
21.03            17.10 
19.27  I         16.23 
19  53           16.52 
18.70           17.20 

6,616 

6,248 

Mel  te 

7,224 

6,278 

6,449 

Heine 

6,433 

Utah 

17.70 
17.10 

15.25 
14.80 

5,399 
5,062 

7 
10 

19.90 
22.  17 

15.  Ill 

16.  10 
16.43 

16.  78 
15  90 

16.  50 

17.  90 
1 7.  12 

0,744 

7,085 

6,072 

Dippe 

5,871 

Kuhn 

15  30 
13.00 
18.  00 
15.90 

16  20 
16.  10 
16.90 

16    !  i 
1 1.  85 
15.55 
14.45 
19  66 
16.25 
14.80 

1,973 
3,861 
5,598 
4,595 

1 

5    133 

5 . 1  ii  12 

12 
15 
5 

14 
1 
9 

11 

.-,.721 

Behren 

i  (id  Type 

Pioneer 

Wohanka 

a  The  Original  and  the  Sehreiber  varieties  have  1  he: same  relative  standing  for  1007  at  Fort  Collins,  Colo. 
[Cir.   37] 


COMPARATIVE    fESTS   OF   Sl/CiAR-BEEl     VARIETIES. 


I:; 


Table  V      Standing  of  sngar-h  t  tested  at         !  •itution, 

East  I  Uicl  'Hid  a//  >/,  i 


nation  of  variety 
testi 

ronji  per 
acri . 
1 1  28 
L5.35 
14.  54 
12.21 

12.  57 

• 
11.30 

12.  90 

13.  09 

I\r  a  ul. 
15.29 
15.67 

16.81 

15.20 
1 1.  72 
15.  10 
14  72 
16.24 

14.  .14 
15.96 

14.44 

Stand- 

13 

■> 

3 

'.i 
I 

v 
10 

14 

12 

17 
7 
1 

11 

Roots. 

acri . 

1 

1101 
11  21 

13.71 

14.  10 
13.35 

Sug 

Stand- 
ing Ii>r 
year. 

» 

Pounds 

4,811 

3,712 

4.  Ml 
3,721 
1,083 

2.71s 

3,670 

3,812 
1. 137 
3,031 

J'i  r  ci  ni. 

17  70 
i-   10 
16.20 

10.  70 

Pounds 

1,  121 
5  229 
3^389 

3, 135 

3,813 

4,115 
3,097 

5 



1 

II 
4 

1 
o 

3 

10 

12 

7 

15 

v  82 

is  BO 

s 

13 

Sill 

15.  10 

1.".. .'.() 
17.  Id 

15.  30 

17.30 
15.70 

ar. 

Pounds 

pi  r  ikti  . 

4,077 
4,547 

4.  177 

Stand- 
ing for 

8 
13 
14 

•j 

3 

10 

■ 

t. 
1 

Sugar. 

Stand- 
ing for 
year. 

Tons  /a r 

16.77 
11.  19 

12  7'.' 

15  52 

14.39 

14.  14 
L4.39 
16.97 
16.  91 
12.94 

15.  18 

8.  28 
7  58 
7.41 

■ 
:,   10 

1 

I'l  f  Cl  III. 
•JO    (HI 

10.  10 
10.  10 
21.30 
20.  10 
20.00 
21.30 

is. 00 

Pounds 

3,312 

3,  456 

2.  Ml 

3,229 

2.203 

9 

ed(    

7 
15 

10 

1 

13 

11 



12 

Is 

7  41 

8  72 

5.  7.') 

7.01 

19  10 
22.30 

3,  730 
3,iKls 

4 

I 

2 

3 

Old  i 

Zuckerrelchet 

s 

l!l 

17 

lea.. 

10.  .-,0 

«  No  report  1  for  the  year  1905 


14 


COMPARATIVE    TESTS    OE    SUGAR-BEET   VARIETIES. 


Table  V.     Standing  of  sugar-bet  t  varietit  s  tested  at  tht  Agricultural  Experirm  nt  Station, 
East  Lansing,  Mich.,  for  each  and  nil  years  —Continued. 


Designation  of  variety  tested. 


Average  fur  all  years. 


Num- 
ber of 

years 

l.'-IC'l. 


Morrison . 
Original. . 
Breustedt 

Mette 

Schreiber. 
Braune.". . 

Heine 

Utah 

Hoerning. 
Jaensch . . 

Dippe 

Kuhn 

Knauei ,. 


Roots,    j 

Tons 

per 

urn 

12 

16 

12 

19 

12.  24 

11 

10 

13 

26 

12 

08 

12 

18 

11 

00 

10.08 

11 

35 

11 

42 

10.86 

11 

41 

sugar. 


I'n-  (■<  nt. 
17.U2 
18.14 
17.  11 
16.50 
17.98 
16.62 
17.51 
17.33 
17.18 
17.33 
16.  93 
17.34 
15.  00 


Pounds 
pt  r  m  it  . 
4,044 
4,261 
4,121 
3,614 
4,682 
3,902 
4,191 
3,  737 
3, 328 
3,717 
3,767 
3,  754 
3,452 


Table  VI. 


Standing  of  sn</ar-li<,  t  varieties  tested  at  the  Holland,  Mich.,  station  (Will 
kreiinis  in  charge),  for  each  and  alt  years. 


1  >esignation  of  variety 

tested. 

1904. 

1905. 

Hoots. 

sugar. 

Stand- 
ing for 
year. 

Roots. 

Sugar. 

Stand- 
ing for 
year. 

Tons  per 
acre. 
11.42 
8.07 
11.05 
12.  S3 
11.80 
11.50 
10.50 

l'tr  cint. 
14.40 

11.70 
1  l.  in 
14.10 
14.40 

13.  70 
14.30 

1 'mi  lilts 

pi  r  acrt  . 
3,289 
2,373 

3, 182 

.'(.CIS 
3  398 
3, 151 
.;  003 

5 
17 
7 
2 
4 
8 
10 

Tons  per 
acre. 
10.80 

10.40 

10.60 

9.90 
9.30 
10.  40 
11.50 
9.90 
11.60 
9.60 
10.50 
10  10 
10  so 
9  50 
9  30 
10.90 

in  go 

I'i  r  ct  ill. 
13.60 
13.80 

12.  10 

13.  60 
14.50 
13.30 
14.10 
13.  50 

13. 70 
13  70 
14.90 
14.40 
13,  20 
13. 20 
13.  40 
13.70 
14.30 

Pounds 

/x  r  acrt . 
2.'.r,s 
2, 870 
2,565 

2  693 
2,697 
2,766 

3  243 
2,673 
3,178 
2,630 
.;  L29 
2,909 
2,851 
2,508 
2.492 
2,987 
3.089 

6 

8 

15 

12 

Schreiber 

11 
10 

L 

Utah                       

13 

13.  40 

10.52 
8.69 
10.91 
11.13 
11.  17 
9.44 
11.70 
9.  93 

L3  90 
14.00 
15.40 
15.  60 
13.40 
13.80 
14.20 
13  80 
13.  90 

?.  ■■.:-. 

2,  946 
2.677 

3,  104 

2,983 
3,083 

2, 681 
3,229 
2,761 

1 
12 
15 

3 

11 
9 

14 
6 

13 

2 

14 

3 

7 

9 

16 

17 

Morse 

5 
4 

1  lesignatlon  of  variety 
tested. 

1906. 

1907. 

Roots. 

Sugar. 

Stand- 
ing for 
year. 

Roots. 

Sugar. 

Stand- 
ing for 
year. 

Tons  per 
acre. 

5.  78 
5.83 

v  :>s 

7.00 
6.37 
6.41 
6.02 
7.02 
6.90 
8.13 
6.14 

6.  57 
8.09 
6.57 

7.  15 

/'.  /  Ct  nl . 
12.70 
13.40 
13.  10 
12.50 
1:1.50 
12.80 
12.90 
13.  20 
13.20 
13.10 
13.  40 
13.20 
12.30 
12.40 
12.60 

Pounds 
per  acre. 
1,468 
1 .  562 
2,248 
1 .  750 
1.720 
1,041 
1,553 
l .  853 
1 .  822 
2, 130 
1,646 
1,734 
1,990 
1,629 
i  802 

15 
13 

1 

7 
9 

11 

14 
1 

5 
2 

10 
8 
3 

12 
6 

Tons  per 
acre. 
8.76 
7.7s 
s.  17 
8. 32 

5.  27 
7  69 
6.39 

6.  89 

7.  12 
6. 53 
.,  58 
6. 50 

6.  67 

7.  13 
5  95 

Per  ct  nl. 
13.90 
16.20 
14.00 
12  50 
15.00 
L5.20 
13.70 
15. 10 
14.80 
.;  in 
14.90 
14.10 
11.40 
14.10 
13.80 

Pounds 

per  acre. 
2.  135 
2,521 
2.372 
2  080 
1 .  581 
2,338 
1,751 
2,081 
2,196 
1 .  776 
1.9M 

l .  833 
1,521 
2.011 
1,642 

o 

I  Miginal 

1 

Breustedt 

3 

Mette 

7 

Sohreiber..   . 

11 

Braune 

4 

Seine 

12 

Utah 

6 

Hoerning 

Jaen  ich 

5 

11 

Dippe 

Kuhn   

9 

10 

15 

[daho 

8 

Wohanka 

13 

[Cir.   37] 


Tabi  i   VI 


COMPARATIV]     TESTS    OF    SI  GAB   BEET    VARIETIES.  1.1 

arieties  tested  at  th   Holland,  Mieh.,  station  <  Will 
for  each  and  all  years    Continued. 


I    for  all  years 


il  Ion  of  variety 
testi 


on. 
i  )rigin  tl 
Breustedl  .. .. 

Sohreib 

Heine 

i  tab 

:  I ',' 

laenscb 

Dippe 

Kuan 

U.  nailers 

Idaho. 

Behren 

Old  Tj  ; 
Zuckei 

er 

ka 


Sugar. 


l'ir  C(  nl. 
17.20 
10.80 

15.  10 
10.50 

17.40 

17.10 
16.50 
15.00 


17.50 
15.30 
10.70 
17.60 
15.80 
16.80 

IV  00 


Pounds 

pir  ncr, . 
2,  153 

1,603 

■J.. -.7 1 
2.1IO 
2.0OI. 
1.112 
2,760 

2.172 


1,610 
2,316 

1,681 


Ing  fur 
\  ear. 


in 

• 

IS 

19 

l'l 
15 
20 
3 
•I 
12 


Num- 
ber of 

years 


Roots. 


acrt . 
B.78 
7. 92 
8.70 
•    I 
8.11 

8.06 
6.  S3 
9.  57 

7.78 

0.17 


Sugar. 


rounds 

jur  acti . 

1 1.  36 

2.. ",17 

14.98 

2.371 

11.00 

13.02 

2  ^^ 

1 1.  78 

11.  IS 

2,  II  i7 

11.  10 

2.311 

11.  10 

H.36 

2,  730 

14.30 

2.  436 

15.02 

2,345 

1 1.  58 

2.110 

12.  .'.S. 

eVII.     Standing  of  sugar-beet  ■  [cultural  1 

mi  n  ■!.    \     )  I  and  nil  years. 


■  ion  nf  variety 
ted. 


Morrison. 
Original.. 

m. 

Braune. . . 

Utah... 
I loerninj 

Kubn  . . . 
Agnew. . 

\|.i   , 


[Clr.  37] 


HUM. 


1905. 


Sugar. 


acre. 
17.43 
10.70 
10.38 

11.19 

v    J  I 

to.  01 

a  mi 
11.90 
10.54 

8.80 


l'ir  ci  nt. 
15.  10 
14.60 
1 1.  50 
13.90 

11.110 

13.70 
1 1.  20 
15.  00 
15.00 

13.30 

11.40 


Pounds 

jit  r  acn  . 

3.  1 12 
3.01O 
2.013 

3,133 

2,685 

2.  77s 

3.  a70 

3,310 
2.  182 


Slanil- 

ing  for      Roots. 


oils  /><r 

acn . 

15.  00 

10.20 

Hi.  00 

11.  10 

18.78 

20.  72 

15.20 

Hall 

1 7.  82 

15.60 

18.21 

14.20 

Hi  02 

15.20 

HI.  71 

10.30 

17.09 

Vi.oo 

11.  Ml 

• 

15.  90 

11  01) 

20.  vi 

15.20 

Stand- 

ar. 

ing 

for 

year. 

Pounds 

per  acn  . 

5,  7S7* 

9 

6,273 

a 

1 

II 

la 

0 

6,299 

I 

12 

.-,..-,1,11 

14 

->,172 

10 

5,  1  1 1 

17 

0,  125 

2 

.-,,.-,71 

13 

5.766 

10 

6,062 

7 

0,013 

s 

5,729 

II 

6,351 

3 

1G 


COMPARATIVE    TESTS    OF    SUGAR-BEET   VARIETIES. 


Table  VII. —  Standing  of  sugar-beet  varieties  tested  at  iht  Neu   York  Agricultural  Experi- 
ment Station,  Geneva,  X.  Y.,for  each  and  all  years    Continued. 





1907. 


I  '•    i   nil  ion  of  variety 
tested. 


Roots. 


Sugai 


Morrison . . 
Original.. . 
Breusii'di  . 

Mette 

Schreiber. . 

Braune 

Heine 

Utah 

HoerniDg. . 
Jaensch... 

Dippe 

Kuhn 

Knauers. . 

Idaho 

Mohanka. 


Tons  per 
acre. 

14.  73 
14.65 

12.  33 
12.37 
15.39 
14.52 
14  58 
13.88 
13.18 
10.99 

15.  92 
11.70 
11.77 

13.  92 
12.83 


14.92 
16.  05 
13.87 
14.44 
14.  72 
14.  25 
14.44 
14.82 
14.35 
14.87 
14.  .53 
13.77 
12.06 
14.44 
14.72 


Stand- 

ar. 

ing  for 

year. 

Pound i 

,..  |    urn 

4,395 

4 

4,703 

1 

3,  12(1 

12 

3,572 

11 

4,531 

3 

i   L38 

6 

1,211 

5 

4,114 

i 

3,783 

9 

3,268 

13 

4,626 

2 

14 

2,839 

15 

020 

8 

3,777 

10 

Roots 


OCT! 

18.88 
14.30 
17.60 
13.44 
13.61 
13.04 
12.  72 
12.02 
13.58 
17.24 
13.02 
14.84 
18.50 
15.92 
L5.20 


Sugar. 


Stand- 
ing for 
year. 


Per  iv  ni. 
17.80 
17.  73 
16.29 
17.73 
16.83 
17.91 
17.55 
18.00 
17  82 
15.93 

IS.  Mil 

17.19 
14.67 
17.28 
15.84 


Poll  mix 
per  acre. 
6,721 
5,071 
5,734 
4,766 
1,581 
4,671 
l.  165 
4.327 
!.MM 

5,  193 

4,687 
5,102 
5. 428 
5,502 
4,815 


1908. 

Num- 
ber of 
years 
tested 

Average  for  all  years. 

Designation  of  variety 
tested. 

Roots. 

Sugar. 

Stand- 
ing for 
year. 

2 
14 

10 

1 
11 
13 
12 

1 
20 

8 
19 

6 

Roots. 

Sugar. 

Morrison 

Tons  per 
acre . 
19  50 

16.  76 
18.  85 

-    13 

1 7.  85 
17.  33 
14.85 
18.75 
16.83 
18.85 

60 
18  90 

Per  ant. 
14.00 

12.90 
14.20 

13.  30 

15.80 

14.  70 

12.30 
13.30 
13.70 
13.40 

Pounds 

5,  160 

86 

1,748 
4,679 
lv693 
5,513 
4,140 
5,014 
4.274 
i,065 

.i 

5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
4 

Tons  i"1 

i:  97 
15.  17 
15.  95 
11.40 
15.  06 
15.  36 
14.00 
14.50 
14.32 
i  i   76 
; 
1 1. 38 
15. 50 

i 

15.  36 
15.68 
11.71 
14.93 
15.21 
14.97 
15.  50 
15.  .VI 
14.47 
14.70 
15.51 
15.  13 
13.41 

Pov  ntls 
5,525 

Original 

4 ,  763 

Breustedt 

1,723 

Mette 

1 .  295 

Schreiber 

1,7.73 
4,584 
4,312 

Braune...    . 

Heine 

Utah 

1,487 

Hoerning 

4,124 

Jaensch 

4,339 

Dippe 

1    716 

Kuhn 

4.354 

Knauers .                      

1.209 

Aderstedt 

6 
i  s.  i  g 
19.13 
16  28 
19.  23 
16.67 
16.31 

13.50 
13  80 

13.90 
13.40 
13.30 
14.  10 
12.00 

5,028 
1,90) 

4,526 

5,  l. M 

1,519 

7 
9 
3 

H, 
5 
18 
15 

17 

Idaho 

Behren 

Old  Type... 

Zuekerreichet 

Pioneer 

Strandes. .. 

Wohanka 

[Cir.   37] 


COMPARATI\  I     VARIETIES. 


IT 


Tabi  e  VIII.— & 

.aid  all  yea 


Designation  o 


Ton 
acre.        I' 

•i 17.57 

16.43 
dl  18 

21.51  16.24 

18.13  17.19 

Braune..  19  >8  17  02 

Heine 

23   14  16  24 

rnioi 

17.67 
18.01 
Knlin  19  -<-'  IB  34 

18 

16.91 
Wohanka.  20  77         15  48 


S .  24  4 

6,517 

7 .  7S2 


mri . 

//<r  acre. 

18.22 

1 

17.78 

19  04 

0.771 

4 

19.32 

16.65 

8 

16.66 

17.2(1 

11 

18.38 

7 

19  27 

18.40 

6 

17  97 

in 

17.66 

12 

5 

20.25 

18.22 

7,379 

■> 

16  21 

.i.s.  .i 

13 

6,131 

17.70 

17.  11 

6,057 

11 

nation  uf  \ 
ed. 


on 

Original 

Breustedt 



S<-hri'il«r 



Utah 

1  llMTIlillK 

■ 



Knlin 

Knauers 

i 

Old  tj  : 
Zucken 
Strandi 

ika 


Sugar. 


19  90 

19.  16 

17.67 

13.76 

16.00 

15.62 

14.32 

14.88 

A.  107 


in  urn- 

years 

Roots. 

.'! 

18.04 

1 

16.  55 

15.97 

3 

16.  60 

8 

3 

15.77 

10 

10.05 

11 

3 

16.  72 

15 

10.40 

17 

3 

■ 

16 

3 

16  02 

18 

11  07 

1 

is    10 

Sugar. 


17  20 
is  16 
17.54 

17  20 
16.48 

17.01 
17.01 

16.  40 

- 
15.58 


4,021 

- 
• 

I  265 
2,661 


I 

II 
12 

•> 

V< 


per  lien . 

5.721 

• 

4,975 
5,640 


Hiding  for  loos  at  Unioi 
[Clr.     I 


18 


COMPARATIVE    TESTS    OF   SUGAR-BEET   VARIETIES. 


Table  IX. — Standing  of  sugar-beet  varieties  tested  at  tht   Agricultural  Experiment  Sta- 
tion, Logan,  Utah,  for  each  and  all  years." 


u  ion  of  variety 
tested. 


Morrison.. 
i  >i  iginal  . 
Breustedt . 

Mette 

Schreiber.. 

Braune 

Heine 

Utah 

Hoerning.. 
Jaensch. . . 

Dippe 

Kuhn 

Knauers. . 

Vgnew. 

Nebraska. 

Morse 

Aderstedt. 

Idaho 

Wohanka. 


I'"'!. 


Roots. 


Tons  per 
urn  . 
18.39 
15.20 
15.16 
17.  JO 
16.91 
18.33 
17  78 
17.69 
15.96 
12.78 
17.30 
16.23 
14.61 
16.96 
20.78 
19. 89 
13.09 


Sugar. 


Per  cent. 
16.93 
18.53 
15.  62 
14  91 
17.02 
16.68 
17.22 
18.22 
15.36 
15.95 
17.90 
16.77 
16.08 
18.30 
18.45 
16.71) 
15.74 


Pounds 
per  acre. 
6,227 
5,633 
4,736 
5.189 

5,  756 
6.115 

6,  123 
6,446 
4,903 
4,077 
6,193 
5.444 
4.699 
I  207 
7,668 
6,643 
4,121 


ing  for 
year. 


1906. 


Roots. 


Sugar. 


13 

17 
6 

11 

15 
5 
1 
2 

16 


Tons  inr 
acre. 
24.00 
25. 20 
27.  4(1 
28  mi 
25.30 
28  00 
26  20 
25.  40 
28  00 
25.00 
25  4(1 
23.20 


26.00 
25.  70 


Per  ct  ni 
15.07 
16.37 
15.25 
15.16 
16.18 
14.57 
14.97 
14.42 
13.67 
16  09 
14.42 
15.16 


16.00 
14.00 


Pounds 
fur  acre. 
7,234 
8.250 
8,367 
v  190 
8,187 
8,159 
7.X44 
7,325 
7,655 
8,045 
7.325 
7,034 


Stand- 
ing for 
year. 


13 

4 
2 

1 
5 

6 
8 

'•11 

9 

7 

Ml 

14 


8, 320 
7.504 


1907. 

1908. 

1>(  sunilion  cf  :  ariety 
tested. 

Roots. 

Sugar. 

Stand- 
ing for 
year. 

Roots. 

Sugar. 

Stand- 
ing for 
year. 

Morrison 

Tons  per 
acre. 
23.93 
26. 09 
27.14 
25  mi 

I'l  /   .',  ill . 

16.34 
16.49 

18.11 
18.00 

Poti  nds 

pi T  ucrt  . 
7,820 

6  604 
9,830 



9 
5 
1 
3 

Tons  per 
acre. 

25.98 
24.  10 

25  -"J 

25.30 

22.45 

.'.'.  71 
24.42 
22  73 
.'4.61 
22  7'.i 

26  21 
25.00 
.'1  ii! 
24.94 
27.21 
26  06 
25.85 
22  6(i 
25  s7 
24.03 

Per  cent. 
13.99 
17.91 
15.89 
14.12 
15.53 
14.49 
17.60 
15.50 
15.97 
15.76 
15.78 
16.34 
15.94 
14  63 
15.81 
14.91 
15.34 
14.96 
14.38 
16.33 

Pounds 

per  acre. 

7.269 

6  ii.;: 
8.015 
7.  162 
6,973 
7.  45  1 
8.596 
7,  OK'. 
7,860 
7,183 
8,272 
8,170 
7,855 
7,207 
8,604 
7.771 
7,931 
i.  01,2 
7,440 
S.142 

15 
1 

Mette 

17 

Schreiber 

19 

Braune 

24.21 
25.82 
25.33 
24.  IS 
24.04 
21.27 
21.33 

17.64 
15.87 
17  86 
16.20 
18. 00 
1  1    12 
18.14 

8,54] 

s.  id;, 
9.048 
7,834 
8,654 

7.739 

■ 

2' 

8 

4 

13 

10 

12 

3 

Utah... 

18 

Hoerning 

9 

16 

4 

5 

10 

24.45 

14.62 

7.149 

11 

14 

2 

Old  Tvpe 

11 

s 

20 

13 

Wohanka 

21.44 

15.73 

I    i  15 

12 

i. 

I  lesijjnalion  of  variety  tested. 


Morrison. 
i  ii  iginal 
Breu  tedi 
Mette  . 
Schreibei 
Braune. .. 

Heine    .  .  . 

i  tab 
Hoerning 
laenscb . . 

Dippe 

Kuhn  ... 

I\  ii.    in   I 


\  verage  for  all  years. 


Num- 
ber of 

e  ii 
tested. 


Roots. 


acre. 
23  08 

22.6:, 

16 
22  70 
23.  10 

21.  15 

J\    4  4 
14.61 


Sugar. 


P It 

15.58 
17.33 

15.55 

ii.   21 

I  (.42 

n;  50 
15.30 

16   I.". 
15.63 

It,   ell 
II.   IIS 


pi  r  ucr  1 . 
7.138 
7,780 
7,735 

r.ton 

7.."i67 

;,  im. 
7, 1  in:! 

- 

6,981 

;  699 


1'  1  be  results  tor  1905  are  not  comparable  on  account  ol  the  partial  de  traction  of  several  varieties 

bj  in  .1 1 1 
i>  The  Utah  and  the  Dippe  varietie    bavi  1     1  tai   ling f 01  it  Logan,  rtah. 

[Cir.  37] 


COMPAKATIVE    CESTS  OJ     SUGAR-BEEl    VARIETIES. 


19 


Tabi  i    \ 


Standing  of  sugar-h  led  at  Fairfield,   Was)       Joseph  F.  Peed, 

in  chargt  \,for  each  and  ■■ 


190 

. 

irlety 

tei 

Roots. 

Sugar. 

Stand- 
ing for 
year. 

1 
3 

7 

8 

'•13 

11 

Hi 

6 

5 

12 

c9 

17 

'<  13 

2 

17. 

4 

• 
tirri . 
.5.  Ill) 
I  81 

6.00 

I  86 

,5.  30 

:,.  70 
,',.  8  I 
5  vl 
5.03 
Mil 
:..  7  1 
.5.  12 

Sugar. 

Stand- 
ing for 
year. 

Tons  pir 
acre. 
5.  46 
5.  66 

5.  in 
5.64 

■ 

:,.  16 
5.01 

.">.  55 
5.  7.5 
5  97 

Pounds 
Percent,    pa 
20.50 

21.20           -'.  in" 
21.50 
20   10 
21.50 
19.70 
21.40 

60           2.101 
2,279 
2.312 
21.  1(1 

0          2,239 

Per  ct  hi. 
15.48 
15.03 
14.91 

1.5.30 
17.38 

13. . 50 
H 

13.  NT 
15.20 
15.  (X) 
14.53 
12.  54 

1 4.  25 
11.07 
15.20 
14.48 

Pounds 

pi  r  acn  . 
1,734 
1,446 
1.T2T 
1,847 

1,457 
1,586 
1,743 
!0 
1,775 
1 ,  .500 

1,440 

1 ,  47,0 
1.631 
1,687 

1.010 

4 

15 

5 

1 

14 

11 

3 

0 

2 

12 

IT 

21.  ID 

1,904 
2,187 

. 
2,  171 

16 

13 

■ 
7 
10 

1907. 

-  nation  of  variety 
ted. 

igar. 

Stand- 
Ing  for 

Hoots. 

Sugar. 

Stand- 
ing for 

Morrison 







acrt . 
6.03 

6.40 
6.  57 

5.  73 

:,.  92 

1       In 

:,.  73 

6.  29 

5. 77 
5.94 

Pit  Cl  lit. 

21.37 
21.37 
18.  13 

20.  42 

21.37 

1     - 

21.47 

20.  11 
20  ii 

21.  17 

19    18 
21.00 

is.  7.2 

Pounds 

pi  r  acn . 
2,577 

2,359 

2.. ",77 

2,385 
189 

2,177 

2,641 
2,151 

i 

1 

11 
2 

12 

10 
ti 

14 

ill 

3 

1.-, 
9 

13 

Tons  per 

acn  . 
6.94 

T.IK) 

0.74 
6.50 
6. 54 

0.7,0 

6.23 

6.60 

l'ir  ci  id. 
20.71 
20.  Tl 
20.  33 
20.  33 
20.  1 4 
20.14 
20.  1  l 
10.  TO 
20.  33 
18.53 

20.00 
19.67 
20.  7 1 

per  acre. 

2,712 
2,614 
2.T17, 
2,618 
2,634 

2,745 
2,490 

2.  TOT, 
2,7£8 

2 

i 

s 
13 

T 
11 

i            ' 

Utah 

12 

Hoeming 



Kuhn 

Knauers. . . . 
Idaho.. 

Ii 
14 
3 
9 

4 
5 

1908. 

Average  lor  all  j  i 

■union  of  variety 
tesi  • 

igar. 

Stand- 
ing for 

year. 

Num- 
years 

5 

.-, 
."> 
r> 
.5 
7, 
7, 
7, 
■", 
5 

5 
5 

l 

Hoots. 

igar. 

ncri  . 

6.27 

5.40 

- 

1.94 

5.  1 8 

21.00 

2i. mi 
19.76 

111.  7.7 
211.  33 
211.  1  1 

20.  33 
20.  2 ! 
20.  43 

Pounds 

per  acrt. 
2,633 

2,126 

2, 309 

2,  402 

2,  10., 

2.  220 

1 
6 

10 
15 

.5 

10 
is 
2 

ll 
7 

12 
8 

acn . 

5.  oo 

a.  Tl 
5.  30 
.-,.  1 1 

5. 02 

Per  ci  nl. 

10.  si 

20.  11 

10.  12 

18.88 

10.  T.s 
10.  49 

Pounds 

/nr  acn . 
2.412 

■ 

2.2.51 

1 

2,035 

I'tali 

2,  249 

. 

2,248 

2.  200 

2.223 

Kuhn 

I'M 
4.74 

.-,.07 

20.  90 

20.81 

1H.7'. 

1.101 

2,312 

l .  882 
1,973 
2,004 

20 
17 

1 
3 

9 

Idaho 

i  Hd  I 

! 

Strandl 

a  The  Morrison  and  the  Kuhn  varieties  hai 

i '.ran in'  and  i  Or  Agnew  varieties  have  the  same  relath  o  standing  for  1904  al  Fairfield,  W 
1  the  Schreiber  varletii     I  lative  stand 

d  The  Heine  and  the  Dlppe  varieties  have  the  same  relative  standing  for  1906  ll  Fairfield,  \\ 
[Clr.  37] 


20 


COMPARATIVE    TEKI  s    OE    SUGAR-BEET    VARIETIES. 


Table  X  1  .—Relative  standing,  by  stations  and  by  yi  ars,  of  sugar-h ,  t  i  m  ielit  s  U  sU  d,  for 

all  yt  ars 


,i ion  ol 
variety  tested. 


Morrison. . 

I  HlL'ltl.l... 

Breusterlt. 

Mette 

Schreiber. 
Braune. . . 

Heine 

Utah 

Hoerning. 
Jaensch. . . 

Dippe 

Kuhn 

Knauers. . 


Arranged  by  stations. 


(  lilm.i.lii 

(Fort 
Collins). 


Michigan 

(  East 
Lansing). 


Michigan 
(Hol- 
land). 


New 
York 

(Geneva) 


Oregon 
(Union). 


1 

2 

10 

06 

11 

4 

9 

06 

12 

3 

8 

13 

5 


Utah 
(Logan). 


Washing- 
ton (Fair- 
field). 


All 

stations. 


Designation  of  variety  tested. 


Morrison . 
Original.. 
Breustedt 

Mette 

Schreiber. 
Braune. . . 

Heine 

Utah 

Hoerning. 
Jaensch. . 

Dippe 

Kuhn 

Knauers. . 


Arranged  by  years. 


190-1. 


1905. 


1906.        190' 


All 
years. 


2 

1 

6 

4. 

3 

7 

9 

s 
10 
11 
12 

5 


Table  XII. — Relative  standing,  by  stations 

,  of  sugar-beet  vat  u  tit  s  U  sted,for  each  year. 

Designation  of  variety 
tested. 

Colorado  (  Fort 
Collins). 

Michigan  (East  Lans- 
ing). 

Michigan  (Holland 

1906. 

1 
6 
5 
3 

10 

7 
8 

1907. 

1908. 

1904. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Morrison 

Original 

Breustedt 

Mette 

Schreiber 

Braune 

Heine 

4 
'.7 

9 

2 
&  7 

6 

4 
2 
13 
3 

8 
6 

13 
2 
3 
9 
1 
8 
6 
16 
15 
14 
12 

to 

17 
7 
-1 
11 
5 

5 
6 
1 

11 
1 

14 
2 
3 

10 
9 

12 
7 

15 

5 
8 
13 
14 
2 
3 
10 
12 
9 
6 
1 

11 
7 

9 

7 

15 

10 

1 

5 

13 

11 

20 

12 

IS 

16 

5 
17 
7 
2 
4 
8 
11) 

1 

12 
15 

3 
11 

9 
14 

6 
13 

6 
8 
15 
12 

11 
10 
1 

13 
2 
14 
3 
7 
9 
in 
17 
5 
4 

15 
13 
1 
7 
9 
11 
14 
4 
5 
2 
10 

s 

3 

2 

1 
3 

7 
14 

4 
12 

6 

5 
11 

9 
in 
L5 

10 
9 
18 
19 
7 
14 
15 

Utah 

1 
3 

7 
10 

20 

Hoerning 

2 

11 
12 
9 

3 

Jaensch 

4 

Dippe 

12 

Kuhn 

11 

12 

13 

Knauers 

\"lir\V 

Nebraska :. 

Morse 

Aderstedt 

IS 
5 

14 
1 

4 
2 
3 

11 
s 
19 
17 
6 

17 

Idaho 

5 

8 

4 

12 

8 

11 

Behren 

2 

Old  1  Ape 

8 

Zuckei  reichel 

li. 

Pioneer 

9 

5 

Strandes 



1 

Wohanka 

I 

in 

11 

13 

15 

6 

13 

6 

a  The  Mette  and  the  Utah  varieties  have  the  same  relative  standing  at  Union.  Oreg. 
&  The  Original  and  the  Schreiber  varieties  have  the  same  relative  standing  for  1907  at  Fun  Collins,  Colo. 
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Continued. 


New    t 


i  km ). 


i  of  variety    i 


on 

I 

Schreil 

Braune 

Heine 

i  tab 

Ing 

Dippe 

Kuhn 

Knauei 

Agnew 



Aderstedt.  -  -  - 

i 

rreichet . 

er 

Wohanka 


1907. 


11 

I.. 


union  of  variety  ti 


Utah  (Logan). 


on 

I 



ber  

Braune 



Utah 

Hoeming 

Kuhn 

Knauers 



ka 

Morse 

edt .... 

Idaho 

Behren 

Old  1  - 

Zui  kerrelchel . 

er 

Strande 
Wohanka. . . . 


1904.    1906. 


13 

4 
2 
1 

5 
6 

S 

t  11 

9 

f  11 

14 


1906. 


11 

8 

3 

9 

1 

1 

2 

-> 

12 

■> 

11 

13 

IS 

1 

3 

s 
10 

9 

11 

17 
16 

IN 


1 

14 


12 

» 

10 

" 

Washington  (Fair 


L90g.        1904. 


&9 

1 
3 

S 

-/i:i 

11 


12 

I>9 

17 

dl3 

2 

lr> 


in 
II 


20 
13 


10 


12 


<•  4 
1 
11 
2 
c4 
12 
e  1 

10 
6 

11 

'  7 

3 


1 
6 
10 
15 

19 

18 

11 
12 


20 

17 

1 

16 

It 
13 
9 


,       ,,,  varieties  have  the  same  relative  standing  (or  1908  at  Union,  ( ire 
on  and  the  Kuhn  varieties  have  the  same  relative  standmg  for  W04  at  Fairfield,  \\  ash 

B  standing Jor 1906  at  Fairfield  Wash. 
«r  The  Braune  and  the  Agne«  n  lM"'-  ^  v  V 

Dippe  varieties  have  the  sa  i  ,' "!  '     ',    , 

eUtahandtl  rieties  havi  e  standing  (or  1906  at  Logan,  Utah. 


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